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' 'UNITED STATES l PATENT OFFICE.;A

WILLIAM ROYALTY sPEAY', or NEWTON, ILLINoIs, AssIGNoE or ONEHALE To J.w.HoNEY, 0E sAME PLAcE.

BEE-HNE ATTACHMENTl SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Parent No.325.988, dated September 8, 1885. Application filed July 15, 1885.(Model.)

To all whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, W. R. SPRAY, of Newton, in the county of Jasper andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAttachments for Bee-Hives; and I do hereby declare the following to be aa full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and useit, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthis specica tion.

My invention relates to an improvement in attachments for bee-hives; andit consists in a passageway into the hive for the bees, and

which extends a suitable distance up the side of the hive, and which hasits lower end covered with wire-gauze, which extendsl down flush withthe lower edge of the hive, with a chamber or covering, which is madevertically adjustable upon and removable from the` passage-way, as willbe more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment for bee-hiveswhich will deceive the moths and millers, and cause them to lay theireggs in a chamber outside of the entrance, where they will be in nodanger of being carried into the hive, and from which place they can bereadily removed at any time.

Figure l is a front elevation of a device embodying my inventioncomplete, showing the chamber raised upward in dotted lines. Fig. 2 isvertical section of the same.

A represents a hive of anysuitable construction, and which has thepassage-way or entrance B secured to its side. This passageway will bemade of sheet metal or any other suitable material that will answer thepurpose, and which extends upward along the side of the hive any desireddistance. The

upper end of this passage-way is widened out, so as to form a cap, andmade to extend outward over the entrance any desired distance. This capserves as a protector for the entrance from rain, snow, or sleet, andalso serves the purpose of misleading the millers and moths,

the millers and induce them to enter the box G, which is adjustable uponand removable from the lower portion of the passage-way B. This box Ghas openings I, made through its lower edge, for the moths and millersto freely enter. These moths or millers, being deceived 6o by the smellof the hive which passes through the wire-gauze, think that they are atthe entrance of the hive, and will deposit their eggs in the box. Thisbox when in position extends down flush with the lower eggs that havebeen laid therein it can be moved upward upon the edges of thepassageway B, as shownv in dotted lines, so that edge of the hive; butwhen it is desired to clean out the the eggs can be swept away anddestroyed. 7o

There may be any number of these boxes applied to the hive, althoughthere may be only a single entrance.V

The passage-way B will only be made where the entrance or entrances are;be a number of these boxes used. In case there is to be only onepassage-way to the hive there may be made. an opening, L, in any of theother edges of the hive, and this but there may edge covered over bysuitable wire-gauze, 8o

P, through which the smell of the hive will freely pass. Over thiswiregauze Pis placed a box, G, which has suitable cuts made in its loweredge, and through which the moths and millers enter. These boxes arealso 'made ver- 85 tically adjustable upon the wiregauze or entirelyremovable therefrom, so that the eggs can be cleaned away at any time.`As the bees do not enter the hive through this box,

the eggs which are laid in them will never be 9o Y carried into the hiveby the bees.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The combination of thepassage Way having its lower end formed of perforated metal, with a boxhaving suitawire-gauze or ble entrances for the millers and moths7 and lprovided with entrances for the moths and which is vertically adjustableupon the pasmillers, substantially as set forth. 1o sage-Way,substantially as shown. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 2.rlhe combination7 with a bee-hive, of the presence of two witnesses. 5passage-Way B, having the cap or cover at its WILLIAM ROYALTY SPRAY.

top and provided with the wire-gauze at its Witnesses: Y bottom,with avertically-adjustable box,whioh J. S. HIZEY,

is applied to the passage-Way, and which is W. H. LATHROP.

